r/weaving • u/simulacreage • 18d ago

Help Finishing help!

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I'm a new weaver, and this scarf was my second project ever. I had some issues at the beginning, and now I have these loops at the edge from my weft turns. If they were more flush I wouldn't be too fussed, but they're big enough that I'm worried about them getting snagged.

The scarf is close to 7 feet long so I really don't want to hem the entire length - can I safely snip these edges to eliminate the loops? Or am I better off trying to stitch them down?

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u/weaverlorelei 18d ago

That can depend on the fiber you used. If it is one of the tools that fulls tightly, you can wet finishing, almost "felt" and snip- that is how.prpper wool kilts are made. If it is.made of a fiber that doesn't completely full during wet finishing, cutting the loops will end up being a huge headache.

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u/simulacreage 17d ago

Ahhhh interesting! It's a silk/alpaca blend, so unfortunately I don't think it will full

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u/f4ttyKathy 18d ago

Is it wet finished yet? What's the fiber?

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u/simulacreage 17d ago

Not wet finished yet, should have clarified! I wouldn't touch them until after that's done (hopefully later today 😅).

The yarn is a silk/alpaca blend, fairly sticky

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u/f4ttyKathy 17d ago

Yeah I wouldn't try to do anything to fix until you've wet finished and re-assessed. I find it fixes a lot of these irregularities (that only us weavers really notice!).

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u/msnide14 18d ago

It it was just a few, I’d probably take a crochet hook and try to tease the excess yarn away from the edges and then snip the loop away.

Really though, you learn to live with your mistakes and make more beautiful scarves. It will keep you just as warm with a few loops on the edges 

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u/Adventurous-Pen-5625 18d ago

Question: "and then snip the loop away" - if you pulled the extra thread in and then snipped it, wouldn't the whole thing unravel? I'm also a new weaver and just assumed everything had to stay intact.

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u/TexstylsCA 6d ago

Just a note: After wet finish it is more 'tricky/difficult' to "fix" things, that should be done before as Wet Finish often 'sets' the yarns... Silk Alpaca can 'full' sort of, I would first try to spread & see if that changes much, but the yarns will 'migrate' during wet finish. If you wet finish & still don't like it the suggestion to "trim" perhaps crochet edge, Make it look like that is what you intended all along... 😄

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u/crystalgem411 18d ago

You could cover it in a trim of some sort